Bordeaux Flashcards
Where were the first vineyards planted in Bordeaux?
Graves
Highest point of elevation in Medoc
Listrac - 129 feet above sea level
Soil of Moulis?
- Small Pyrenees gravel
- Large Garonnais gravel
- Clay/ limestone mix
Requirements for red Bordeaux superieur
- Aged for minimum 9 months
- minimum 11% alcohol
Requirements for white Bordeaux Superieur
- Must be semi-sweet
- can not be dry
- minimum 11% alcohol
What is Clairet in Bordeaux?
- semi red coloured rose
- traditional red wine making process
- uses saignee method
- shorter maceration period (24-36) hours
- lesser colour than red but more than a rose
Rose Cremant de Bordeaux grapes?
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Cabernet franc
- Malbec
- Petit Verdot
- Carmenere
Wine production for sweet wines?
Bordeaux
- hand picked berry by berry, cluster, in tries
- infected by Botrytis
- minimum RS = 45g/L
Wine production door semi sweet wines?
Bordeaux
- hand picked
- selective sorting is not mandated
- can or cannot be affected by botrytis
- Minimum residual sugar = 45g/L
Minimum residual sugar for semi sweet wines?
Bordeaux
- 1.2 - 4.5%
- 12 - 45g/ L
What robbed Sauvignon blanc’s aromas in Bordeaux?
Copper-Sulphate sprays
What was the reason that Malbec lost plantings in Bordeaux?
The winter freeze of 1956
Temperature dropped to -26°C
White Cremant de Bordeaux allowed grapes?
- Sauvignon blanc
- Semillion
- Muscadelle
- Ugni Blanc
- Colombard
- Bordeaux reds - must be blanc de noirs
What are the 2 UNESCO world heritage sites in Bordeaux?
- the city of Bordeaux (2007)
- the town of St. Emilion (1999)
What impacts the climate of Bordeaux?
- Atlantic Gulf Stream - warms temperature
- Les Landes- largest forest in Europe
- Gironde Estuary- helps to keep temperature constant & moderate
- Dordogne & Garonne Rivers
